Sports

Last Thursday evening the Ava Lady Bears traveled to Sparta to take on the Lady Trojans for their season opener. The night started off well with the JV squad earning their first victory in a 3 set match: 16-25, 25-18 ...

On Saturday, Aug. 31, under a blistering sun, the Ava cross country team broke in their racing shoes for the first meet of the season at the Strafford Invitational. A total of 116 boys from 15 schools across southwest Missouri ...

With the 2013 football season about to get under way at the renovated stadium, there are some changes that fans will need to adjust to. At the reconstructed stadium, there is only one entrance, on the northeast corner of the ...

The Lady Bears volleyball team traveled to Bolivar on Monday night to compete in their first volleyball jamboree. This is the first year for all schools to compete in the event. The jamboree format is similar to what is used ...

The Ava Lady Bears opened the 2013 softball season at home in SCA action with Mtn. View-Liberty Wednesday afternoon. The girls will play at home again today at 4:30 in non-conference action with Dora, and will travel to Salem on ...

After watching his Bears perform in the jamboree last Friday night at Strafford, Coach Dan Swofford is optimistic about the 2013 football season that opens Friday night at Aurora. “I think we’re going to surprise some people this year,” Coach ...

Ava cross country runners sit in ice baths for recovery at the close of the day’s workout. The ice bath keeps the lactic acid from accumulating in the muscles so the athletes are not sore later, and can train harder ...

The Cash Gas bowling team from Ava recently returned from Reno, Nev. where the local team placed third in the nation in the USBC National Champion bowling tournament. The local team placed third in a field of some 3,000 teams! ...